Jeffrey Epstein's Alleged Suicide Note Kept Secret, Raising New Questions About His Death

Nearly seven years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death rocked the world, a potentially crucial piece of evidence remains locked away in a New York courthouse: a suicide note the disgraced financier allegedly wrote while jailed in Manhattan. According to Epstein’s former cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione, who found the note tucked inside a graphic novel after Epstein was found unresponsive with a cloth around his neck in July 2019, the note said it was “time to say goodbye.” Despite its possible significance, the note has never been made public or included in official investigations.

Tartaglione, a former police officer convicted of quadruple homicide and now serving four life sentences, says he handed the note to his lawyers. The note reportedly claimed that investigators had “found nothing” after months of looking into Epstein, and it seemed to reflect Epstein’s resignation. Yet the note was sealed by a federal judge as part of Tartaglione’s own criminal proceedings, effectively keeping investigators and the public in the dark.

The Justice Department says it has released millions of pages of documents related to Epstein’s crimes and death, but the note was not among them. A spokesperson stated the agency conducted an exhaustive search for all records but had no knowledge of the note. The Office of the Inspector General, which produced a detailed 2023 report on Epstein’s death, declined to comment on the note’s existence.

Epstein’s death was officially ruled a suicide, but glaring security failures at the now-closed Manhattan Correctional Center have fueled endless speculation about whether he was murdered to protect powerful enablers. After the July incident in which Epstein was found with marks on his neck, he told jail officials Tartaglione had attacked him, a claim Tartaglione denies. Yet Bureau of Prisons records show Epstein later said he never had issues with his cellmate and felt safe.

The note’s secrecy adds another layer to the opaque circumstances surrounding Epstein’s demise. At a moment when the Justice Department has made unprecedented efforts to release documents related to Epstein’s crimes, the withholding of this note raises urgent questions about what else remains hidden and why.

For those demanding accountability and transparency in the Epstein saga, the sealed note is yet another reminder that the full truth about Epstein’s death—and the powerful figures implicated in his trafficking network—may still be out of reach.